^ Gogol Suite, CD Universe ^ "Zwei Kompositionsauftrge vergeben" [Two Compositions Commissioned]Quoted by Vasily Gippius in his monograph Gogol (Duke University Press, 1989, page 166)Equally early he developed a talent for mimicry, which later made him a matchless reader of his own works and induced him to toy with the idea of becoming an actorAmerican Conservative Theaterpp.5, 105ISBN978-0-521-11023-5Google.com ^ "Antisemitism in Literature and in the Arts"Sicsa.huji.ac.il

He intensified his relationship with a starets or spiritual elder, Matvey Konstantinovsky, whom he had known for several yearsGogol was stunned when The Government Inspector came to be interpreted by many, despite Nicholas I's patronage of the play, as an indictment of tsarism(1809-1852), " [200 years since the birth of Nikolai Gogol (1809-1852), writer] (in Russian)64He bought all the copies and destroyed them, swearing never to write poetry again

2007)Gogol was born in the Ukrainian Cossack village of Sorochyntsi,[6] in Poltava Governorate of the Russian Empire, present-day Ukraine403 Forbidden.marka-art.ru.He mingled with Russian and other visitors, and in 1838 met Count Joseph Vielhorskiy, the 23-year-old son of the official who had brought Gogol's Government Inspector to the attention of the emperorLittle did they know that Dead Souls was but the first part of a planned modern-day counterpart to The Divine Comedy of Dante"Nikolai Gogol"19 March]1809 4 March[O.S